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Posted Feb 2, 2004 17:18 UTC (Mon) by tjc (guest, #137)
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People should be having an easier time finding jobs. Our President says so, so It Must Be True.

Things seem to be getting better in the IT industry, at least in some small way. The last few years have been pretty lean for independent contractors, but things have been opening up the last six months or so in my area. Perhaps you should add a subscription option for overpaid contractors. $-)


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Posted Feb 5, 2004 5:39 UTC (Thu) by frazier (subscriber, #3060) [Link]

I have been largely under-employed for the last year and a half (but took out the regular subscription instead of the double rate which I'll probably migrate to when I'm back on my feet again), taking freelance whatever, and low paying random hardware testing. On the same day last week I started my first full time job in a long time (at most of my old salary anyway, but not even) I was offered a low paying test job but full time, 40hrs a week.

The economy is coming back. The dotcom hangover is passing. Shouldn't have partied like it was 1999 (and '98, '97, '00, '01)!

On another note, I appreciate the new email feature. Thanks LWN!

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Posted Feb 5, 2004 13:28 UTC (Thu) by amh (guest, #1902) [Link]

People should be having an easier time finding jobs. Our President says so, so It Must Be True.

Thankfully, this is an un-common example of US-centric thinking in LWN's pages. Please don't consider only the economic situation in the States when deciding on future commercial directions. (I live in the U.K.)

I have always chosen my subscription level based on my economic situation. I think that I have behaved "ethically" whenever I have done this. LWN has to choose a balance between encouraging people's sense of fair play, and going for the market model. I would suggest that the subscription model worked, when it was initially needed, at least partly because of people's sense of fair play.

Having said all that, I am happy with this first differentiation between "Professional level" and others. Mind you, this is partly because I have never wanted the facility :) I also wouldn't think it unfair to delay a "starving hacker's" access to the new issue by twenty-four hours. I do hope, however, that some advantages will accrue to the middle subscription level as well.

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Posted Feb 5, 2004 16:09 UTC (Thu) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

The world economy is more dependent on the US than many would like to admit. The evening news airs a 15 second clip of Alan Greenspan commenting on the state of the economy, and it ripples throughout financial markets around the world. I'm not saying this is good, but it happens.

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